That's the coach's fault playing Emdiid too many regular minutes
But the biggest sin Sixers did that WILL haunt then the next few years was choosing Tobias and Ben over Jimmy Butler and letting him walk.
This is the most infuriating narrative ever, mostly because it is FALSE.
Here is the true story:
Jimmy was offered the MAX to stay in Philly: 5-years/$190 Million.
He turned it down, because he HATED playing with Ben Simmons, and was outright disgusted with Brett Brown's coddling of Simmons (and Joel, to a lesser extent). Jimmy was right in hindsight, but the Sixers brass wasn't going to fire Brett AND trade Ben to keep Jimmy.
Jimmy then took Miami's offer, mostly because he was promised to be THE guy in the franchise, instead of a 1c of a potential 3-headed monster.
Elton Brand then panicked after losing Jimmy, and wanting to save face, overpaid Tobias by minimum, $50 Million. Tobi shouldn't have gotten a contract higher than 5/$130 MAX.
Brand then tried to make up for losing Jimmy by also overpaying the FUCK out of Al Hortford with that horrendous 3-year/$110 million deal that Hortford didn't stay past ONE YEAR for. How Brand is
STILL in the Sixers front office as the GM is a testament to the shitty front office management that has totally fucked The Process UP.
It just pisses me off to NO end when people fuck this story up.
